wh-questions and past continuous

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 2

Lesson plan

• Rules
• Lesson aims
• Grammar explanation
• Grammar exercises
• Recap lesson aims
• Homework

Rules

• Do you know them?

Lesson aims

After this lesson you can:

• Ask questions in English;
• Use the past continuous correctly.

wh-questions

Who knows any question words?

WH-questions

What vs. which

• When do you use what? when do you use which?
• "Welke"
• What: many things, unsure what
• Which: few things, sure what

What vs. which

Example:

• What is your favorite color? (there are many colors)
• Which color is your favorite, red or green? (choice of two colors)

Past continuous

• How is it written?
• was/were + verb + -ing
• Example: I was walking. 

Past continuous vs past simple

Past simple

Past continuous

PC vs PS

• Past continuous: over a longer time
• Past simple: specific time

I ... (talk), when I ... (to be) interrupted.

1. was talking / was
2. Talked / was being
3. Talked / was
4. Was talking / was being

We ... (walk) down the street, when it ... (start) to rain.

1. were walking / was starting
2. was walking / started
3. was walked / started
4. were walking / started

You ... (call) me, when I ... (play) a game.

1. were calling / played
2. called / played
3. called / was playing
4. was calling / was playing

I ... (walk) down the stairs, when I ... (trip)

1. was walking / tripped
2. walked / tripped
3. Was walking / was tripping
4. walked / was tripping

Recap lesson aims

After this lesson you can:

• Ask questions in English; (question words?)
• Use the past continuous correctly.

Homework

3.5 finished at the end of this week

Study for the test coming Wednesday!!!